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Re: Purdue 2012-2013 Athletics thread

Burke doesn't go into potential Wooden winner (he won't, but he'll get some votes) mode in the last 10 minutes or so with a bit of help from Stauskas Purdue wins that game fairly convincingly, double digits. It's hard to ever say you're content with a loss, but that's easily my least disappointing one of the year.

Hope Sandi's ankle's ok. I can't believe I'm typing this, but him rolling his ankle was a pretty big turning point. Hammons had a few minute stretch that reminded you how talented he is, but quickly faded into the background again. Terone Johnson clearly had a great game, but I don't know, it felt a helluva lot more like Michigan just being terrible defensively than him actually killing it. Ray Davis played really well too, I like that kid's game so much, I'm excited to see his next 3 years. Also, Michigan just doesn't impress me at all, despite their record. Them getting bounced the first weekend wouldn't surprise me at all.

Re: Purdue 2012-2013 Athletics thread

I'd rather have one guy. You want one guy in there who feels like he's comfortable and doesn't have to look over his shoulder. He can do his thing and not have to worry about messing up. But you also need a second guy to be ready, just in case that [first] guy goes down.

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Re: Purdue 2012-2013 Athletics thread

It's been a tough season for your basketball team, but hat's off to Matt Painter for getting this team to play hard after they could have packed it in after their embarrassing swoon a few weeks ago. Having the stones to bench Hammons was key, and you guys have built some nice momentum going into next year. I wouldn't be surprised to see Purdue finish in the top 4 or 5 of the Big Ten next year.

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Re: Purdue 2012-2013 Athletics thread

I will admit, I didn't think there was any chance of this team coming back after that 2nd beat down by Indiana.

It was a miserable season for the most part. I said Painter should have been embarrassed for the lack of effort his team gave, and he should have been, but he also can be very proud with the way they didn't pack it in down the stretch. Too bad it's too little, too late, but when you're relying on so much youth, I guess inconsistency is understandable. The future isn't nearly as bleak as it looked in February.

Re: Purdue 2012-2013 Athletics thread

I think that's where you huff a bunch of body spray and hallucinate the game

edit: How about poor 'Zo, getting snubbed basically 3 years in a row...

It's apparently the new name for HDNet, the channel Mark Cuban created.

Far as Zo's Volunteers, meh, I'd have loved to see him get them in but I really don't think it's THAT big a snub. Really that's why I have something of a problem with all the autobids though. I'm sure it's easy to say being a fan of a power conference team, but a lot of those schools really dilute the field.